英语PK台 第155期:从ABC开始扔掉字幕看《老友记》(25)

 地点：莫妮卡公寓客厅

人物：瑞秋，莫妮卡，钱德勒，罗斯，菲比

事件：大家都以为皮特很快要向莫妮卡求婚了，便怂恿她接受。

Rachel: Mon, you definitely¹ have to make it a theme wedding,and the theme could be, “Look how much money we've got!” Y'know, I mean you could put, you could put money in–in the invitations! You-you could have like little money place settings². And ah, you could start with a money salad! I mean it'll be dry, but people will like it.

Monica: Would you stop? We've only been going out a couple of weeks. I mean we don't even know if he's gonna propose³.

Chandler: Yes, but this is Pete. Okay? He's not like other people. On your first date he took you to Rome. For most guys that's like a third or fourth date kinda thing.

Monica: Well if–if that's what it is, then it's–it's crazy.

Ross: Monica's right. We're talking about getting married here. Okay? She can't just rush into this.

Rachel: Oh please, what do you know!

Phoebe: All right. I gotta go. I have to break up with Vince.

Chandler: Oh, so you're going with the teacher, huh?

Phoebe: Yeah, I like Vince a lot, y'know. But, it's, Jason's so sensitive⁴, y'know? And in the long run, I think sensitive it's better than having just like a really, really, really nice body. Jason! Definitely Jason! Okay, wish me luck!

1 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

2 settings   

n.镶嵌( setting的名词复数 )；环境；装置；（某事、戏剧、小说等的）背景

参考例句：

• to study behaviour in laboratory and naturalistic settings 研究实验室里的以及仿自然环境中的行为
• This machine has two settings: fast and slow. 这种机器有两种可调的速度：快速和慢速。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 propose   

v.提出，建议；提名，推荐

参考例句：

• Did he propose marriage to you?他向你求婚了吗？
• I propose resting for an hour.我建议休息一小时。

4 sensitive   

adj.敏感的，灵敏的，过敏的，感光的

参考例句：

• He's very sensitive about his ugly appearance.他对自己丑陋的外貌很敏感。
• It's difficult to avoid stepping on her sensitive feelings.很难不伤害她脆弱的情感。